The day’s films included The Details by Jacob Aaron Estes, The Late Quartet by director Yaron Zilberman, and The Sessions by Ben Lewin, just to name a few. A nice crowd showed for Shadow Dancer by director James Marsh.

Actress Julia Garner, the main character in Electrick Children, by director Rebecca Thomas attended the film’s screening. Dan Marvish was at the red carpet for the Between Us screening and we bumped into Charlie Kessler, director of the movie Montauk who told us about his website http://www.thephoenixlives.com.

At the filmmakers gathering at the Maidstone Inn, we talked with Lekha Singh of Beyond Right and Wrong and Sue Rockefeller of Mission of Mermaids. Thank you for the interviews! We also spoke with T.C. Johnstone of Rising from Ashes winner of Films of Conflict and Resolution at the festival. Congrats to T.C.!

Saturday afternoon, October 6th at the 20thHamptons International Film Festival was another day filled with great movies, events and chances to meet and greet artists from all over the world.

At noon, Variety (@Variety) and HIFF presented the yearly panel discussion, Variety 10 Actors to Watch, with a diverse and impressive representation of the best and the brightest up and coming stars.

Roth arrived to a standing ovation. Meryl Streep, Nathan Lane, and Mike Nichols sung Roth’s praises. All have known her for decades. During his tribute, Nathan Lane joked that when he works with Ann he is usually standing in his underwear under a neon light—so he always knows who was in charge! Mike Nichols, who has known Roth for 47 years, gave us a peek into Roth, the woman and friend and Meryl Streep read a poem she wrote, Ode to Ann. Hamptons Film Festival Board Chairman, Alec Baldwin was also there to honor Roth.